A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Man shot dead after forcibly entering ex-Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah’s home in Jammu and Kashmir, say police: His son Omar Abdullah confirmed the incident and said security personnel were carrying out more checks.
  2. Simultaneous polls proposal is unconstitutional, Congress tells Law Commission: A panel had asked political parties for their suggestions on the plan to hold the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections together.  
  3. Google apologises for ‘inadvertently’ adding dated UIDAI helpline to Indian smartphone contact lists: UIDAI took to Twitter to dispel concerns that it had ask smartphone manufacturers or service providers to include the outdated number.  
  4. Trinamool MLA moves Supreme Court over UIDAI’s plan to monitor views on Aadhaar on social media: The legislator’s plea follows her petition against the Information and Broadcasting Ministry’s plan to set up a social media hub, a proposal it withdrew.
  5. ‘If there is no interference, are invisible forces at work?’ asks former ABP News anchor after resigning: The channel’s former anchor Punya Prasun Bajpai said the Editors Guild will only act on alleged government interference if a written complaint is given. 
  6. Witness claims he sent bribe to Congress leader Ahmed Patel’s house, says ED: The veteran Congress leader dismissed the allegations as baseless.
  7. Five bodies of suspected militants recovered from Shopian encounter site, say police: The militants are suspected to be linked to the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
  8. Sunita Williams among 9 astronauts for NASA’s new private space flight programmeThis will be the first space shuttle launches from the US since 2011.  
  9. After Nipah, case of West Nile virus suspected in Kozhikode: A 24-year-old woman has been receiving treatment for the infection since July 13.
  10. BJP wins Jalgaon, Sangli civic polls amid Maratha protests in Maharashtra: This will come as a relief to Chief Minister Fadnavis, especially since Sangli is considered a Nationalist Congress Party stronghold.